Trio élégiaque No. 2 (Rachmaninoff)
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Written in memory of Tchaikovsky, Sergei Rachmaninoff's Trio élégiaque in D minor, Opus 9 is a piano trio begun on 5 October and completed on 15 December 1893. It was first performed in Moscow on 31 January 1894 with Rachmaninoff himself playing the piano part.
Structure[]
The trio is in three movements, taking approximately 50 minutes to perform:
- Moderato
- The first movement starts with a sombre tone, with a theme that returns both in the second movement and at the close of the final movement.
- Quasi variazione
- The second movement consists of variations upon the first theme.
- Allegro risoluto
- The final movement, although short in comparison to the previous movements, is dominated by the unceasingly powerful and dramatic piano part.
This piano trio is similar to Tchaikovsky's Trio in A minor, which was dedicated to Nikolai Rubinstein, in that it follows the same basic structure.
Orchestrations[]
The Australian pianist Alan Kogosowski has orchestrated the trio as a piano concerto, called Concerto Élégiaque in D minor, Op. 9b.[1] This has been recorded by Neeme Järvi and the Detroit Symphony Orchestra, with Kogosowski as soloist.
References[]
External links[]
- Trio Elégiaque No. 2: Scores at the International Music Score Library Project
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